FOOTNOTES:

That chamber seemed ruinous and old,lvAnd therefore was remoued farre behind,Yet were the wals, that did the same vphold,Right firme and strong, though somewhat they declind;And therein sate an old oldman, halfe blind,And all decrepit in his feeble corse,Yet liuely vigour rested in his mind,And recompenst him with a better scorse:Weake body well is[758]chang’d for minds redoubled forse.This man of infinite remembrance was,lviAnd things foregone through many ages held,Which he recorded still, as they did pas,Ne suffred them to perish through long eld,As all things else, the which this world doth weld,But laid them vp in his immortall scrine,Where they for euer incorrupted dweld:The warres he well remembred of kingNine,Of oldAssaracus, andInachusdiuine.The yeares ofNestornothing were to[759]his,lviiNe yetMathusalem, though longest liu’d;For he remembred both their infancies:Ne wonder then, if that he were depriu’dOf natiue strength now, that he them suruiu’d.His chamber all was hangd about with rolles,And old records from auncient times deriu’d,Some made in books, some in long parchment scrolles,That were all worme-eaten, and full of canker holes.Amidst them all he in a chaire was set,lviiiTossing and turning them withouten end;But for he was vnhable them to fet,A litle boy did on him still attend,To reach, when euer he for ought did send;And oft when things were lost, or laid amis,That boy them sought, and vnto him did lend.Therefore heAnamnestescleped is,And that old manEumnestes, by their propertis.

That chamber seemed ruinous and old,lv

And therefore was remoued farre behind,

Yet were the wals, that did the same vphold,

Right firme and strong, though somewhat they declind;

And therein sate an old oldman, halfe blind,

And all decrepit in his feeble corse,

Yet liuely vigour rested in his mind,

And recompenst him with a better scorse:

Weake body well is[758]chang’d for minds redoubled forse.

This man of infinite remembrance was,lviAnd things foregone through many ages held,Which he recorded still, as they did pas,Ne suffred them to perish through long eld,As all things else, the which this world doth weld,But laid them vp in his immortall scrine,Where they for euer incorrupted dweld:The warres he well remembred of kingNine,Of oldAssaracus, andInachusdiuine.

This man of infinite remembrance was,lvi

And things foregone through many ages held,

Which he recorded still, as they did pas,

Ne suffred them to perish through long eld,

As all things else, the which this world doth weld,

But laid them vp in his immortall scrine,

Where they for euer incorrupted dweld:

The warres he well remembred of kingNine,

Of oldAssaracus, andInachusdiuine.

The yeares ofNestornothing were to[759]his,lviiNe yetMathusalem, though longest liu’d;For he remembred both their infancies:Ne wonder then, if that he were depriu’dOf natiue strength now, that he them suruiu’d.His chamber all was hangd about with rolles,And old records from auncient times deriu’d,Some made in books, some in long parchment scrolles,That were all worme-eaten, and full of canker holes.

The yeares ofNestornothing were to[759]his,lvii

Ne yetMathusalem, though longest liu’d;

For he remembred both their infancies:

Ne wonder then, if that he were depriu’d

Of natiue strength now, that he them suruiu’d.

His chamber all was hangd about with rolles,

And old records from auncient times deriu’d,

Some made in books, some in long parchment scrolles,

That were all worme-eaten, and full of canker holes.

Amidst them all he in a chaire was set,lviiiTossing and turning them withouten end;But for he was vnhable them to fet,A litle boy did on him still attend,To reach, when euer he for ought did send;And oft when things were lost, or laid amis,That boy them sought, and vnto him did lend.Therefore heAnamnestescleped is,And that old manEumnestes, by their propertis.

Amidst them all he in a chaire was set,lviii

Tossing and turning them withouten end;

But for he was vnhable them to fet,

A litle boy did on him still attend,

To reach, when euer he for ought did send;

And oft when things were lost, or laid amis,

That boy them sought, and vnto him did lend.

Therefore heAnamnestescleped is,

And that old manEumnestes, by their propertis.

The knights there entring, did him reuerence dewlixAnd wondred at his endlesse exercise,Then as they gan his Librarie to vew,And antique Registers for to auise,There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize,An auncient booke, hightBriton moniments,That of this lands first conquest did deuize,And old diuision into Regiments,Till it reduced was to one mans gouernments.SirGuyonchaunst eke on another booke,lxThat hightAntiquitieofFaerielond,[760]In which when as he greedily did looke,[761]Th’off-spring of Elues and Faries there he fond,As it deliuered was from hond to hond:Whereat they burning both with feruent fire,Their countries auncestry to vnderstond,Crau’d leaue ofAlma, and that aged sire,To read those bookes; who gladly graunted their desire.

The knights there entring, did him reuerence dewlix

And wondred at his endlesse exercise,

Then as they gan his Librarie to vew,

And antique Registers for to auise,

There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize,

An auncient booke, hightBriton moniments,

That of this lands first conquest did deuize,

And old diuision into Regiments,

Till it reduced was to one mans gouernments.

SirGuyonchaunst eke on another booke,lxThat hightAntiquitieofFaerielond,[760]In which when as he greedily did looke,[761]Th’off-spring of Elues and Faries there he fond,As it deliuered was from hond to hond:Whereat they burning both with feruent fire,Their countries auncestry to vnderstond,Crau’d leaue ofAlma, and that aged sire,To read those bookes; who gladly graunted their desire.

SirGuyonchaunst eke on another booke,lx

That hightAntiquitieofFaerielond,[760]

In which when as he greedily did looke,[761]

Th’off-spring of Elues and Faries there he fond,

As it deliuered was from hond to hond:

Whereat they burning both with feruent fire,

Their countries auncestry to vnderstond,

Crau’d leaue ofAlma, and that aged sire,

To read those bookes; who gladly graunted their desire.

FOOTNOTES:[721]Arg. 4fight1596,1609[722]i 5 incedent1590:corr. F. E.[723]v 3 thee] a1609[724]vi 9Arthogall,1590[725]vii 5 Now hath] Seuen times1590[726]6 Walkt round] Hath walkte1590.Cf.I ix 15[727]7 Since1609[728]viii 5 you1596[729]ix 1 weete,] wote,1590 &c. MS. corr. in Malone 615[730]xiii 1 spake1609[731]xv 3 Captaine1590,1596[732]xvi 8 withom. 1596[733]xvii 4 perlous1590[734]5 comflict1596[735]xix 9 crownd1590:corr. F. E.[736]xx 6 There] Then1590[737]xxi 1 them] him1590[738]3 sensible1596,1609[739]7 lenger a time1590:corr. F. E.[740]xxii 9Dyapase1590 &c.:corr. F. E.[741]xxix 3 thence,1590 &c.[742]xxxi 4 th’Achates] the cates1609[743]xxxvii 1 gold,1590,1596[744]8 you loue,] your loue,1590,1596:corr. 1609[745]xxxviii 2 mood] word1590 &c.:corr. Morris[746]9 twelue moneths] three years1590[747]xxxix 3 samblaunt1596[748]xli 1 communed1609[749]6 Craftesman1590,1596[750]7 Castory] lastery1590 &c.:corr. F. E.[751]xlii 1 cheare] cleare1590[752]xliii 6 why1590,1596[753]9 shamefac’t1609[754]xlviii 3 these] this1590[755]xlix 4 reason] seasonDrayton(teste Collier)[756]9 would1590[757]lii 9 th’house1609[758]lv 9 welis1590:corr. F. E.[759]lvii i to] so1590

[721]Arg. 4fight1596,1609

[722]i 5 incedent1590:corr. F. E.

[723]v 3 thee] a1609

[724]vi 9Arthogall,1590

[725]vii 5 Now hath] Seuen times1590

[726]6 Walkt round] Hath walkte1590.Cf.I ix 15

[727]7 Since1609

[728]viii 5 you1596

[729]ix 1 weete,] wote,1590 &c. MS. corr. in Malone 615

[730]xiii 1 spake1609

[731]xv 3 Captaine1590,1596

[732]xvi 8 withom. 1596

[733]xvii 4 perlous1590

[734]5 comflict1596

[735]xix 9 crownd1590:corr. F. E.

[736]xx 6 There] Then1590

[737]xxi 1 them] him1590

[738]3 sensible1596,1609

[739]7 lenger a time1590:corr. F. E.

[740]xxii 9Dyapase1590 &c.:corr. F. E.

[741]xxix 3 thence,1590 &c.

[742]xxxi 4 th’Achates] the cates1609

[743]xxxvii 1 gold,1590,1596

[744]8 you loue,] your loue,1590,1596:corr. 1609

[745]xxxviii 2 mood] word1590 &c.:corr. Morris

[746]9 twelue moneths] three years1590

[747]xxxix 3 samblaunt1596

[748]xli 1 communed1609

[749]6 Craftesman1590,1596

[750]7 Castory] lastery1590 &c.:corr. F. E.

[751]xlii 1 cheare] cleare1590

[752]xliii 6 why1590,1596

[753]9 shamefac’t1609

[754]xlviii 3 these] this1590

[755]xlix 4 reason] seasonDrayton(teste Collier)

[756]9 would1590

[757]lii 9 th’house1609

[758]lv 9 welis1590:corr. F. E.

[759]lvii i to] so1590

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